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Three Last Reigning European Queens: Margrethe II of Denmark, Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Beatrix of the Netherlands
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With Margrethe II's Abdication, the House of Glücksburg Will No Longer Be the Ruling Dynasty of Denmark
With Margrethe II's abdication, the House of Glücksburg will no longer be the ruling dynasty of Denmark. The dynasty had reigned in the country since 1863, since the accession of the queen's great-great-grandfather Christian IX. The Glücksburgs are succeeded by the Monpezat dynasty, or
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Catherine's letter to Poniatowski on the request of captive Peter a week before his killing
The arrested Peter III asked Catherine for the Negro who used to amuse him, his favourite dog, a violin, a Bible and a few novels. True, Catherine herself tells Poniatowski in a letter that Peter also asked for his mistress, Elizaveta Vorontsova, but she refused to send her, though she
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"The Russian state has this advantage over others, that it is governed directly by God Himself; otherwise it is impossible to understand how it exists"
Count Münnich
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The Bishop of Copenhagen Gives the Queen of Denmark a Light
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It is often said what a filthy palace Versailles was in its day
It is often said what a filthy palace Versailles was in its day. There is talk of women merely hitching up their skirts to relieve themselves on the very spot where nature overtook them, and of men easing themselves straight from the balustrade in the middle of the royal chapel,
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Explanatory sheet for the great fireworks of 1755 in honour of Empress Elizabeth I
Depiction of the Great Firework Displayed in Saint Petersburg on the Evening of the New Year 1755 upon the River Neva Before the Winter House of Her Imperial Majesty. The explanatory sheet states that the great firework was given in honour of Her Imperial Majesty Elizabeth I, Autocrat of All
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Catherine II twice taken out of the palace in the first days after the overthrow of Peter III
I love the French language for its elegance. How do you like this subtle, refined characterisation of Catherine the Great: "usurpatrice"? It is known that in the first days after the overthrow of Peter III, Catherine II slept badly; she was even twice got out of bed and
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There are many witty recollections of the brilliant statesman, scholar and courtier of the age of Peter III and Catherine II, Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, but the most remarkable is when Panin confessed that for four months he had not answered an urgent
There are many witty recollections of the brilliant statesman, scholar and courtier of the age of Peter III and Catherine II, Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin, but the most remarkable is when Panin confessed that for four months he had not answered an urgent dispatch from Field Marshal Rumyantsev, who was
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Peter III did not believe Paul was his son but did not show it in public
The Russians are unanimous that Peter III was a good parent, a good friend, a good husband; he would certainly have been a good father, had he not been convinced that "Prince Paul" was an exotic plant transplanted into a hothouse to which he had no key. In
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The abdication of Queen Margrethe II, the first such case in 500 years of Danish monarchy
The abdication of Queen Margrethe II is the first such case in 500 years of Danish monarchy. What, then, has made Margrethe go now? Health problems? She recently underwent an operation on her back, but is feeling better. A reluctance to keep her son waiting in the position of heir